Hello,
I am Ash Wang
I build robots and write stories.
Machines and writing are my counterweight to this increasingly utilitarian society.
Music Robots
Ventus Reed I
An automated soprano recorder, built from airflow, actuators, and a great deal of tuning.
Ventus Reed II
An iteration of Ventus Reed I, widens its range
and included a valve that controls airflow.
The Material-Handling Robot
An STM32-based study connecting machine vision, mobile movement, and robotic-arm control.
Off-Topic Literature
The Paperclip
A bent piece of wire holds together library memories, a friend's letter, and several very different ideas of connection.
The Spare Key
A key that is rarely used becomes a small, practical expression of trust.
The Pause Button
Interrupted films, family conversations, and the moments that become clearer when we stop moving on.
The Hanger
An empty hanger keeps the shape of a shoulder, and a worn one carries the habits of a home.
The Bottle Cap
A stubborn bottle cap turns an ordinary task into a comic exercise in cooperation.
Rain
A collection of personal responses to rain: its sound, its calm, and the memories it brings into view.
The Receipt
A receipt records the price of an evening, while leaving its most important details unwritten.
The Old Battery
An object can look exactly the same after it stops working. These pieces begin with that everyday puzzle.
The Silence in a Voice Message
The seconds before someone speaks can carry as much feeling as the words that follow.
School Uniform Cuffs
Folded sleeves, a mother's stitches, and the quiet marks left behind by growing up.
The Queue Ticket
A small numbered slip becomes a way of looking at waiting, uncertainty, and the people beside us.
The Rubber Band
Collected almost by accident, rubber bands test our assumptions about strength and usefulness.
The Back of the Calendar
A grandmother's shopping lists give yesterday's calendar pages another kind of time to keep.
The Glasses Case
A case made for glasses gradually becomes a home for other small necessities.
The Plastic Stool
A blue stool at a grandmother's home becomes a place of one's own.
The Automatic Reply
Friendly automated messages meet the untidy specificity of an actual human question.
The Staple
Taking apart an old workbook reveals how much a tiny fastening had been holding together.
The Washing Machine Countdown
The last minute of a wash cycle turns out to have its own generous definition of time.
The Cardboard Box in the Hallway
A box marked for tomorrow stays put, making room for a gently comic story of postponement.
Lost and Found
A missing glove leads to a place full of other people's temporarily separated belongings.
The Charging Cable
Cables that look identical do very different jobs, prompting a small comedy of labels and expectations.
The Default Avatar
An unchanged profile picture reveals how much we infer from a very small image.
The Back of a Chair
A coat slipping from a chair becomes part of the small, repeated gestures of friendship.
The Fridge Magnet
The refrigerator door becomes a place to notice the small things a household chooses to keep.
The Mouse Pad
A familiar patch of desk offers an unexpected starting point for several writers' observations.
The Umbrella Sleeve
Once the umbrella opens, its sleeve must find somewhere else to belong.
The Elevator Button
After the light comes on, pressing again does little to make waiting easier.
The Clothespin
A small grip holds its place while clothes and bedsheets move in the wind.
The Sticky Note
A reminder stays on the wall long enough to acquire a life of its own.
The Shoe Cabinet
At the doorway, crowded shelves quietly keep track of a household's comings and goings.
The Light Switch
A small movement of the hand changes the room before the hand has even stopped.
The Folded Page
A crease marks where a reader stopped, and sometimes changes how the next reader sees a book.
The Shopping Bag
What a bag carries can matter more than the store name printed on it.
The Coaster
A place is prepared for the cup, even when the cup ends up somewhere else.
Behind the Door
A hidden part of the room keeps its own record of everyday use.
The Back of the Drawer
Reaching for an almost-forgotten photograph becomes a way of discovering what was kept.
A Thread in the Pocket
Tiny things come home with us without anyone having decided to bring them.
Under the Table
The world beneath the tabletop keeps a different account of what happens above.
The Windowsill
At the edge of a room, a narrow ledge makes space for a small life of its own.
The End of the Tape
The beginning must be somewhere on the roll. Finding it is another matter.
The Untitled Folder
Before a folder gets a name, it has already gathered photographs, recordings, and unfinished work.
The Clothing Label
The smallest part of a shirt can be the hardest part to ignore.
Wind
Personal reflections on the touch, scent, and freedom of moving air.
Snow
A first encounter with snow is recalled through fragments of cold, quiet, and surprise.
Three Hundred-Character Poems
Three patterned poems explore what language can do within a deliberately shaped form.
Roses
A literary meditation prompted by roses, beauty, and the feelings we attach to them.
The Ocean
An imaginative response to the sea, moving between the clarity of a drop and the depth of an ocean.
The Bottom of the Cup
After the last sip, something of a room or a moment can still remain.
Eraser Crumbs
After a mistake has been erased, its tiny remains become material for another story.
Beside the Sink
A pale mark beneath a soap dish opens onto the familiar routines of a home.
Half a Sticker
Two friends divide a picture into two pieces, and each half goes on carrying the other.
The Backpack Side Pocket
A very small space becomes a comic negotiation among a bottle, an umbrella, and everything else.
Pencil Shavings
A curling ribbon of wood makes a small act of preparation worth looking at closely.
The Bus Stop Sign
A replacement sign changes the look of a familiar place without changing all that happened there.
Sand in the Soles
A few grains make their way home from the beach, long after the visit has ended.
The Pull Tab
Opening a drink becomes an occasion for caution, observation, and a little everyday humor.
The Last Tissue
The final tissue interrupts an ordinary sequence and makes its ending suddenly noticeable.
The Old Phone Case
Removing a familiar cover reveals the small traces that had been hidden underneath.
The Gap in the Curtains
A narrow strip of afternoon light gives a room its own way of keeping time.
The Zipper
Two orderly rows of tiny teeth become the starting point for imaginative stories.
The Empty Chair
Even without a person in it, a chair can continue to occupy a meaningful place.
Wrapping Paper
Once the gift is opened, its wrapping begins a different story.
The Door Handle
The familiar height and weight of a door handle carry memories of coming home.
Death
A collaborative literary collection reflecting on mortality, absence, and remembrance.
Special Issue No. 1
A special collection of creative writing, retaining the original contributors' bylines.
The Field
Literary associations and imagined landscapes meet in a reflection on fields and freedom.
Warm as Machines
The Material Foundations of Freedom
An essay on productivity, economic foundations, and the conditions that make human freedom possible.
Toothpaste
A familiar mint taste recalls childhood sleepovers, friendship, and the quiet distance of growing up.
Four Minutes and Thirty Seconds
A school running test becomes an allegory of social rank, unequal starting points, and the promise of merit.
Before Conclusions
Reflective prose questioning consumer incentives, social belonging, privacy, and the judgments we take for granted.
The blind
An experimental narrative moving through fog, a crashed truck, and a world whose outlines cannot be trusted.
Silence
Lyrical writing on silence as shelter, resistance, memory, and a way of facing an uncertain world.
Pilgrim
A collection of prose, poems, and observations, from an old observatory to the small encounters of everyday life.
Disappear
A work of fiction that begins with a ghost in the woods, an immortal presence, and a child whose questions will not stop.
Dear Fox, Trick Me Again
A literary essay moving among questions of existence, memories of a workshop, and the continuing search for meaning.
The Moral Nature of Reality
A philosophical essay exploring moral norms, individual happiness, social cooperation, and learning through experience.
GFG Interview
Mechanical Engineering Undergraduate
Computer Science Student
Electrical Engineering Undergraduate
Manufacturing Engineering undergraduate
Master of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering
Young Educator
Middle-aged professor
Manufacturing Mechanical Engineer
Software Engineer
Electrical Engineer
Robotics Research Engineer
Engineering Project Manager
Semiconductor Process Engineer
Industrial R&D Researcher
Technical Lead
First-year Engineering Student
Civil Engineering Undergraduate
Senior Engineer
Science Broadcast
The Doppler Effect
How motion changes the pitch we hear, from passing trains to radar and starlight.
How Solar Cells Work
An introduction to turning sunlight into electrical energy.
The Induction Cooktop
The physics behind a familiar way to cook.
Why Planets Move
A closer look at the motion of worlds around us.
How Geckos Climb Walls
A familiar animal opens a question about surfaces and forces.
How Magnetic Levitation Works
Exploring the forces behind objects that seem to float.
Capillary Action
Why liquids can climb through very narrow spaces.
Inside a Lithium-Ion Battery
The working principles of a device that powers everyday life.
How a Refrigerator Works
Following heat as it moves out of a cold space.
The Science of Rainbows
Light, water, and the colors we see in the sky.
How Soap Works
A small household object with a molecular explanation.
Finding Planets by Their Shadows
How a planet passing in front of a star can reveal a distant world.
What Catalysts Do
A way of thinking about how chemical reactions happen.
Why the Tides Change
The changing sea as an introduction to a larger gravitational story.
How Long Is a Second?
The question of how we define and measure time.
The Butterfly Effect
An introduction to sensitive dependence and the limits of prediction.
Counterintuitive Probability
Why our instincts sometimes misread the mathematics of chance.
Artificial Satellites
How human-made objects stay in orbit and become part of everyday life.
Non-Newtonian Fluids
Materials that challenge our familiar expectations of liquids.
Why Entropy Has a Direction
A question about change, probability, and the direction of time.
How a Seed Grows
Following a familiar beginning in the life of a plant.
How Bridges Carry Weight
The structures and forces behind a crossing we may take for granted.
Why the Sky Has Color
An everyday view explained through the behavior of light.
An Introduction to Machine Learning
A broadcast script about learning patterns from data.
Variable Stars
What changing starlight can tell us.
Gravitational Waves
Listening for changes in the fabric of spacetime.
Black Holes
A broadcast introduction to one of astronomy's most striking ideas.
The Roche Limit
When gravity can pull a smaller world apart.
Why We Get Goosebumps
The biological story behind a familiar response of the skin.
How Sound Affects the Brain
A look at the meeting point of hearing, perception, and emotion.
The Development of AI
A campus broadcast tracing questions about artificial intelligence.
Schrödinger's Cat and Parallel Universes
A script exploring ideas and interpretations associated with quantum physics.
When Organs and Functions Change
A broadcast script about biological change over time.
Artificial Light and Plants
How human-made lighting changes the environment plants experience.
Starlink
A science broadcast about satellite networks.
Why Feathers Repel Water
An everyday observation becomes a question about surfaces.